I write several web sites about Buddhism, society, and what might be called philosophy.
Each of these sites presents the same set of ideas, but in radically different styles, for different audiences.
Those style differences make it difficult to write a biography for myself. Indeed, one of the main ideas I explore is the fluid, ambiguous nature of self-ness. Since we are all also subject to extensive delusions about ourselves, probably you can learn more about me from reading my Buddhist vampire romance than from any supposedly non-fictional account I might give.
Nevertheless…
Describing myself as a Buddhist, engineer, scientist, and businessman, I have a short biography on my Approaching Aro site.
And as a pop spiritual philosopher: Ken Wilber, my colleague in that endeavor, has written a psychedelic novel which may be about my early work. I have written a psychedelic commentary on it. Whether Wilber’s book is about me or not, my commentary discusses that work in some detail.
The thoughts shared on your web sites certainly are worth reflecting upon. My friends and I in 1976 were fortunate to be students of Dudjom, and I cant imagine him being annoyed at the tones in your disclosures. Tools from Cognitive Linguistics (especially systems in Lexigraphic Analysis) study how writers “disclose” origins of their thought patterns through their use of syntax rules & gramatical constructions, so one can detect why Dzogchen appeals to you. My email to you @approachingaro.org was returned, so please share another way to contact you on line and send my thought on aspects of various terma traditions. Thanks
Hi, John,
Lucky you!
I’ve read a little about that—most interesting!
Intriguing…
I’ll send you an email. If anyone else wants to reach me, http://approachingaro.org/contact is a good way.
David